Wetlands | Importance and Roles | Paper and Digital

Students will learn the purpose of wetland ecosystems and their importance to our environment through these activities and experiments that only take moments to prepare. The roles of wetlands are described in student-friendly language and students will turn these characteristics into superhero traits.

This resource is part of our Wetlands Unit.

This engaging resource includes:

• a complete lesson plan with modifications for a variety of learning needs or students who need a challenge with minimal preparation.
• activities include drawing, reading, and experimenting.
• a creating analogies activity.
• answer keys and suggested answers.
• student pages and templates.
• photographs of student examples.
• review quiz.
• plants and animals that are native to Canada. Sorry, no alligators.
• a digital version with loose text that can be read by your assistive technology.

This resource supports:

• any upper elementary or middle school science unit about wetlands or ecosystems.

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